Troops listened to Sony radios, Akai stereos and Teac tape decks and new troops arrived weekly with the latest records from the states. Many of the sound clips below were recorded on a reel to reel recorder in Vietnam. They were then sent home and transferred to cassette. The sound quality is not the best but it sounded good to us back then. Visit the post for more. Since 1994, the Internet’s original resource for information and insights on the classic science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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I remember the first time I saw 2001: Space Odyssey, I thought it was the coolest and creepiest Sci-fi flick I had ever seen. My name is Dave, and every time HAL (the main computer) would say something like, 'Good morning, Dave' or 'I'm sorry, I can't do that, Dave' or 'What are you doing, Dave?', I got a little creeped out.
Years later, I got my first REAL computer, a Mac. I think it was a Centris 610 with a whopping 80 MB hard drive. Yes, that's correct, 80 megabytes! Anyhoo, there was this great, humorous little sound control panel that would let you assign a sound to any computer operation. Well I downloaded a bunch of those 2001: Space Odyssey sound files (ahhh, good old System 7) and assigned them to all kinds of basic computer functions. When I started the computer it would say, 'Good morning, Dave'. When I clicked a wrong key I got, 'I'm sorry, Dave'. When I shut down the computer it said, 'Good-bye, Dave'. There were others.
I thought this was great…at first. Then not only was it annoying, it was really kinda (you guessed it) creepy.
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The famous theme song from the movie.
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(A very good error sound)
HAL: I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit.
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HAL: I'm afraid.......I'm afraid, Dave.
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Dave Bowman: Alright, HAL....I'll go in through the emergency airlock.
HAL: Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.
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HAL: I know everything hasn't been quite right with me, but I can assure you now.....quite confidently.....that it's going to be alright again.
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HAL: Sorry about this...I know it's a bit silly.
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HAL: I know everything hasn't been quite right with me, but I can assure you now.....quite confidently.....that it's going to be alright again.
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HAL: I hope the two of you are not concerned about this.
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Kubrick's trademark 'suspense' sound so prevalent in his films.
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(Yet another good error sound)
HAL: This sort of thing has cropped up before....and it has always been due to human error.
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HAL: If you'd like to hear it, I can sing it for you.
Dave Bowman: Yes...I'd like to hear it HAL....Sing it for me.
HAL: It's called 'Daisy' Daisy....Daisy.....Give me your answer due.....I'm half-crazy....all for the love of you....
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(Yet another good error or Shutdown sound)
HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
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HAL: I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question.
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HAL: I'm sorry Dave. I don't have enough information.
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Dave Bowman: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore. Open the door!!
HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
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(Yet another good error sound)
HAL: It has can only be attributable to human error.
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HAL: Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois, on the 12th of January, 1992.
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Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay door, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
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HAL: Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?.
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Dave Bowman: Where the hell did you get THAT idea, HAL?
HAL: Dave, although you took very good precautions against in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
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HAL: My mind is going.....there is no question about it.
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Dr. Heywood Floyd: Good day, gentlemen. This is a pre-recorded briefing made prior to your departure. In which for security reasons, of the highest importance, has been known onboard during the mission, only by your HAL 9000 computer. Now that you are in Jupiter's space and the entire crew is revived, it can be told to you. 18 months ago, the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. It was buried 40 feet below the lunar surface, near the crater Tycho. Except for a single very powerful radio emission, aimed at Jupiter, the 4 million year old black monolith has remained completely inert. It's origin and purpose....still a complete mystery.
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HAL: I feel much better now....I really do.
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Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay door, please, HAL.
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Dave Bowman: Open the pod doors, HAL.
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HAL: I know I've made some very poor decisions recently...but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
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HAL: It's puzzling. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this before.
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HAL: Are you quite sure?
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Mission Control: X-RAY, Delta One, this is Mission Control. Rrrroger your 2-zero 1-three. Sorry you fellas are having a bit of trouble. We are reviewing telemetric information in our mission simulator and will advise. Rrrrroger your plan to go EVA and replace Alpha Echo 3-5 unit prior to failure.
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HAL: And it will stay that way until it fails.
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HAL: Stop, Dave......Will you stop, Dave?
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Good Morning Sounds
HAL: I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over.
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Woman on monitor: Welcome to voice print identification. When you see the red light go on, would you please state in the following order: Your destination, your nationality, and your full name. Surname name first, Christian name, and initial.